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Laugh Now Monkeys standing in a row, wearing signs around their necks that read “Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge”, form one of Banksy’s most recognisable and most reproduced images.   The piece... Read more

Stop Me Before I Paint Again A police officer, with his dog on a lead beside him. Both are turned towards a wall, examining the graffiti on it. The officer reads the writing, the dog sniffs... Read more

Flying Copper This artwork was first shown in 2003 at “Turf War”, Banksy’s first major exhibition, held in a warehouse in East London. It later appeared again in Vienna and London.   The composition shows a... Read more

Toxic Mary We begin with one of the most repeated scenes in Renaissance painting: the Virgin Mary in classic draped robes, holding a baby in her arms. The pose is familiar from the Madonna compositions of... Read more

Love Heart Wasp This piece is dated 2004. It is one of Banksy’s lesser known works, but thanks to the wordplay in its title it is also one of his most layered.   The image shows... Read more

Swing Girl This piece appeared in April 2010 in downtown Los Angeles, on the building at 908-910 South Broadway, shortly before the premiere of the film “Exit Through the Gift Shop”. It translates an existing “PARKING”... Read more

Washing Zebra Stripes Behind this piece lies a true story even more striking than the artwork itself. In 2009, the director of a zoo in Gaza could not bring in live zebras because of the Israeli... Read more

Hammer Boy This artwork appeared on 20 October 2013 on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in New York, at 233 West 79th Street, close to Broadway. It consists of a black and white stencil of a boy... Read more

No Trespassing This artwork is one of Banksy’s cleverest uses of an object that was already there on the street, placed right at the centre of the composition.   It appeared in April 2010 in San... Read more

Man With Dog This artwork appeared on 24 June 2018 in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, on Rue Victor-Cousin, close to the Sorbonne. It shows a well-dressed man holding out a bone to a three-legged dog.... Read more